Higher Education
Diversity at Risk
Feb 20, 2010 — A statement by APIEL NOW!
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“Petition: College Affordability Act of 2008”
“Press Release: AB 2372 Passes Assembly Higher Education Committee”
“Press Release: Students File Ballot Initiative to Freeze Tuition at UC and CSU”
“Press Release: Students and Parents Pick Up Clipboards to Freeze Tuition at UC and CSU ”
“UC President Yudof: AB 2372 and New Revenue for University”
“Tuition Relief and Youth Voter Turnout in 2008”
“Press Advisory: Student-Led Ballot Initiative Voices Support for AB 2372”
Tuition Relief
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California’s public universities are experiencing a sharp decrease in state investment. Students have borne the brunt of compensating for these shortfalls in the form of excessive tuition (“fee”) hikes, which amount to essentially a backdoor tax on vulnerable students. |
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To address this, in 2007-08 we filed the state’s first ever student-led, volunteer-driven ballot initiative to freeze tuition for five years in the UC and CSU systems. Under the banner of Students and Families for Tuition Relief Now, students on over thirty campuses throughout California collected signatures in an attempt to qualify for the statewide ballot. While the initiative did not qualify for the November 2008 ballot, students are already planning for their next attempt. |
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Assembly Bill 2372 We also sponsored the College Affordability Act of 2008 (AB 2372), a proposed law mirroring the student-led ballot initiative and introduced by Assemblymember Joe Coto (D-San Jose). In its first attempt, the law passed the Assembly Higher Education and Revenue and Taxation Committees. |
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California’s public universities are experiencing a sharp decrease in state investment. Students have borne the brunt of compensating for these shortfalls in the form of excessive tuition (“fee”) hikes, which amount to essentially a backdoor tax on vulnerable students. |
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To address this, in 2007-08 we filed the state’s first ever student-led, volunteer-driven ballot initiative to freeze tuition for five years in the UC and CSU systems. Under the banner of Students and Families for Tuition Relief Now, students on over thirty campuses throughout California collected signatures in an attempt to qualify for the statewide ballot. While the initiative did not qualify for the November 2008 ballot, students are already planning for their next attempt. |
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Assembly Bill 2372 We also sponsored the College Affordability Act of 2008 (AB 2372), a proposed law mirroring the student-led ballot initiative and introduced by Assemblymember Joe Coto (D-San Jose). In its first attempt, the law passed the Assembly Higher Education and Revenue and Taxation Committees. |
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